Video: Nef The Pharaoh – South Vallejo

Since exploding onto the scene with his 2015 hit “Big Tymin’,” Nef The Pharaoh matured from one of the Bay’s most exciting new voices into a respected artist and the leader of a wave of young rappers. Paying tribute to his neighborhood in his home city, Nef shares “South Vallejo,” his new video single. Boasting a glistening mob instrumental, complete with rubbery bass, rippling piano chords, and eerie sine waves, “South Vallejo” finds Nef squarely in his comfort zone, weaving his elastic flow around reverbed fingersnaps as he lists local references so specific that you have to be from South Vallejo (not Vallejo, South Vallejo) to fully understand: “If you never hooped at Patterson, you not from SouthVallejo/If the police ever get me, I got money for the bail.” Premiered by PUB, the video is a bit more friendly to outsiders, as the fish-eye-lensed camera flashes on several of Nef’s more obscure references while Nefand his neighborhood homies put on for their city.




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